Following is a sarcastic letter to the New York Metropolitan Opera regarding the anti-Semitic production of “The Death of Klinghoffer,” which humanizes terrorists and justifies the murder of an innocent disabled man. The letter appeared on the website StopDeathofklinghoffer.com.
Dear Met Opera Donors and Administration:
Salaam Aleikum!!! We watched your brilliant opera, Death of Klinghoffer, with appreciation and glee. This is truly a historic masterpiece.
We have a proposal which we believe you will find of great interest.
We would like to commission another opera at the Met to be named The Death of James Foley. In this work, your sensitive composer and lyricist, John Adams and Alice Goodman, will portray the terrible anguish of ISIS members, which lead them to acts of global desperation. These talented artists will show how decadent Western culture, symbolized by James Foley and his ilk, have caused unbearable anguish and threaten indigenous ISIS culture, forcing them to cry out on video for understanding.
We would like to propose the novel idea of giving audiences the opportunity to witness a genuine beheading on stage of a different decadent Western journalist for each performance. This is sure to draw crowds and make this a genuinely more true to life and original form of art.
We will of course fully fund this production. No cost is too great, so you will no longer have to rely on any donations from twisted and perverted Jewish donors in the future.
Sincerely,
Mohammed (with a jolly British accent) from ISIS, Damascus Branch